Temperature taking grain sampler



Oct. 5, 1943. M.'|. PRIOUIDLOCK 2,331,227,

TEMPERATURE TAKVTNG GRAIN SAMPLER Filed March 10, 1942 I 5 f 6 f I r Fia/ E612 //V|/ENTO Mws/iesr/mafuifkouowcxr Q Y 1m PatentedOctf1943, a I i A wemmm w r gsra rabe s Broudlocklwinnipegi, 1 Q j Manitoba, f .Y

milleanon ivrarc'h 10, 1942-; Serial s 434324;

In Canada MarchjZl; .1941 1 I aolaim (elite- 54 My invention relates to a. grain sampler for will'be seen that abayonet slotS is formed inthe bringing to the surface a sample of grainv when body portion 3 adjacent to the lower edge thereof, a in storage, and at the same time; taking the temthe same being'designed to receive a projecting perature of the grain at that depth so that the and: upon the flange 5. By means of this arv state of the grain may b examined as well as its 5 rangement, the noseepiece may be secured firmly temperaturevtaken, I I to the body portion and will not become detached It is an object of my invention to accomplish when the sampler is being'rais'ed to the surface of the foregoing sampling and taking of temperature a mass of grain.

by means of a device which is simple to operate; The cap 4 is provided with acentral longitui economical to manufacture and sell 'and'which 10 dinally extending, nte a r wr ded cannot readily become out of order. v aperture H to receive the externally screw- With the above more important objects in view threaded end of a conventional drive-shaft (not and such other minor obiects as may appear as shown) the same being held captive to the body the specification proceeds, my invention consists po tion 3 by means of the metallic loop or-yoke essentially in the arrangement and construction l5 l2 which, it is to be understood, consists of an of parts all as hereinafter more particularly deendless strap through which passes atransverse 1 scribed, reference being had to the accompanysub-shaft l3 spanning the body portion 3 and ing drawing, in vvl lich v v secured at the ends thereto, and'a similarfsub- Figure 1 is an elevation of my sampler showing v shaft l4 spanning the cap 4. a

a portion of the casing broken to expose the 'ther- The ends of the'subshaft l4 are secured in mometer therewithin. the flange l5 of the cap 4 which, it is to be under-" Figure 2 is an elevation also with a portion of stood, is machined to engage t e Op n' pper end I the casing shown broken to'indicate the manner of the body portion 3. i I I p in which the cap thereof is removed for the pur- From the foregoing, it will be apparent that pose of admitting a sample into the body. when my sampler is being, thrust downwardly FigureBis asection onthe line 3--3 in Figure 1.' into a mass of grain, thev cap will bear down-, In the drawing, like characters of reference Wardly upon ,the upper periphery of the, body indicate corresponding parts in the difierent fig portion 3 and force the sampler down to the de-v I I r sired depth. When, however, the desired depth open end of the body portion. A thermometer 6 made within the scope of the claimswithout doe specifically by means of the collar! which is held a a matter contained inithe c panyin th sampler b me n of th di et i ll xt d; 50 illustrative only and not'in a limiting sensejand mometer is positioned centrally and longitudinally are fic y exp sed i t a c panyi It is often necessary to ascertain the temperais reached, and the force upon the drive-shaft. ture of grain 'in'storage at the exact depth from reVersed the cap 4 will first become detached which a sample is taken, however, so far as I am from the body portion 3 thereby permittinggrain i aware, this has hitherto only been accomplished to enter the same and accumulate around the" by means of thrusting a thermometer'down to' thermometer 6. A further withdrawing force the approximate depth desired and taking a speci applied to the drive shaft and the, cap '4 will raise men of the grain at that approximate depth bythe sampler via the loop l2 and the sub-shaft l3 means of an ordinary grain sampler. t and when the sampler has been' raised to 'th'e My invention carries out the two operations surface,xthe sample of grain can be emptiedout' V together and from the accompanying drawing it i of the body portion 3 and the thermometer S will be seen to consist of a casing I divided into 40 spected; by atwist and a pull upon the nose-piece three parts viz: a pointed nose-piece 2, a body 2 thereby disengaging the stud ID from the slot 9.

portion 3 and a cap 4. The surface of the nose- Since various modifications can be made in my piec 2 is flush with the surface of th body porinvention as hereinabove described and as illus 3 tion 3, the upper end of the nose-piece being protrated i t e a pa g drawin and many vided with a flange 5 designed tofit into the lower appar ntlywide y ent embodimentsof. same i is secured at its lower end within the nose-piece, partying from Su Sp a P it is" intended centrally in the plane of the longitudinal axisoi Specific ti and draw ng'shall be interpreted as m spokes a, It in t b Seen t t t the? I desire'only such limitations placed thereon as within the body portion 3 so that an elongated, 1 r v annular space is provided therearound. I claim as my invention: I e t t a By reference to the accompanyin Figure 2, it 1; A grain sampler comprising in combination,

tive detachment therefrom to uncap said end and admit a sample of grain into said body portion to accumulate around said thermometer, said thermometer being attached to said nose piece, said nose piece being detachable from the forward endof said body portion, said cap being maintained in captive detachment as aforesaid by means of a transverse shaft in said body portion,

a transverse shaft in said cap, and a longitudinal loop extending around said shafts.

2. A grain sampler comprising in combination a longitudinal hollow casing having; a pointed y forward end, a cap for the rear end of said casing having a longitudinal slidingly fitted section for maintaining said cap in longitudinal alignment with the casing when in place thereon, said cap also being provided with a fitting for immovably attaching the cap to a drive shaft, said fitting being positioned so that when the cap is on the drive shaft and also in placeon the longitudinal casing, said casing is maintained in a fixed longitudinal position with reference to the drive shaft for facilitating movement of the sampler into the grain, and link means connecting the longitudinal casing and cap for holding the casing in trailing relation to the cap when the two are separated, and further characterized in that the outwardly pointed end piece has a thermometer mounted thereon in a position to be nested in the longitudinal casing when the end piece is in place on the casing.

MARGARET ISABELLE PROUDLOCK. 

